The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every classJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Pottery, British -- History
In the Mayer museum are found, among other invaluable treasures, some
enamels on copper bearing impressions from copper-plates transferred
to them, and having the name of “_J. Sadler, Liverp^l, Enam^l_,”
and other examples of enamels and of earthenware with the names of
“_Sadler, Sculp._,” or of “_Green_.” Messrs. Sadler and Green appear
to have done a very profitable and excellent business in the printing
on pottery. The process was soon found to be as applicable to services
and other descriptions of goods as to tiles; and these two enterprising
men produced many fine examples of their art, some of which, bearing
their names as engravers or enamellers, are still in existence. Josiah
Wedgwood, always alive to everything which could tend to improve or
render more commercial the productions of his manufactory, although at
first opposed to the introduction of this invention, as being, in his
opinion, an unsatisfactory and unprofitable substitute for painting,
eventually determined to adopt the new style of ornamentation, and
arranged with the inventors to decorate such of his Queen’s ware as it
would be applicable to, by their process. The work was a troublesome
one, and in the then state of the roads--for it must be remembered that
this was before the time even of canals in the district, much less of
railroads--the communication between Burslem and Liverpool was one
of great difficulty. Wedgwood, however, overcame it, and having made
the plain body at his works in Staffordshire, packed it in waggons
and carts, and even in the panniers of pack-horses, and sent it to
Liverpool, where it was printed by Sadler and Green, and returned to
him by the same kind of conveyance. The works of Sadler and Green were
in Harrington Street, at the back of Lord Street, Liverpool, and here
they not only carried on their engraving and transfer-printing for
other potters, but made their own wares, and carried on an extensive
business. It was here that they printed ware for Josiah Wedgwood. Of
this connection of Wedgwood with the Liverpool works, Mr. Mayer thus
writes:--
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